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It is only affecting people who have to eat or put fuel in their vehicle.

:bird: that sawed off midget and his entire fan base of inbred band wagon riders.

They are trying to push this as if the economy is fine. All benefits for these freeloaders have expired. That is why claims have plunged.

Claiming 581,000 jobs added... :rotflmao:

Of course consumer spending has risen. Food and gas prices up 25-100%. I spend a lot more now than I did a year ago. We still have to eat at my house.

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The number of Americans filing initial unemployment claims tumbled to 199,000 — the lowest level since November 1969 — the Labor Department reported Wednesday, part of a spate of positive economic news that signaled that many of the wrinkles of the nation’s recovery continue to be smoothing out.

It was just the latest bit of good news for the labor market, which remains about 4 million jobs below pre-pandemic levels but has staged a strong recovery, adding about 581,000 jobs a month on average this year.

Separately, the Commerce Department said that consumer spending increased by 1.3 percent in October, its fastest pace since March, in a sign that Americans are continuing to spend.

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Weekly jobless claims plunge to 199,000, the lowest level in more than 50 years